Ditch That Textbook
APRIL 7, 2016
In my first conversation about Snapchat with another educator, I didn’t have a very open mind. “Let’s Snapchat each other to talk about it more!” she said. I politely declined. I didn’t want anything to do with it. Snapchat had gained a reputation as a place where kids go to swap inappropriate pictures. Today, it [.].
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 7, 2016
By Jena Passut Thought leader Eric Sheninger offers tips on how schools can market and brand themselves online, as well as engage with stakeholders.
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The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 7, 2016
The Innovator's Mindset with George Couros From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Many teachers say they don’t have time to connect. I live and breathe that feeling. However, when I’m down, sometimes an idea on Twitter or a suggestion on Facebook turns my day around. I get tons of ideas from the many education superstars I write about and interview on my show and blog.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 7, 2016
It’s the end of school. Everyone’s tired, including you. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going, but in a different way. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Change your approach to teaching. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom.
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Fidelis Education
APRIL 7, 2016
By Alan Greenberg. Ending the Expectation of Average while Getting Back to Basics. Many educational technological tools have been designed to solve a specific functional requirement, whether meant to support institution, educator / learner, or classroom needs. Some of these have been terrific point solutions that have enhanced teaching and learning and improved institutional efficiency and productivity.
FuelEd
APRIL 7, 2016
Contributor: Ashley Shorter Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 9:15am A mentor is by definition someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced, often younger, person, i.e., a trusted counselor or guide. While this may sound like a familiar role in a traditional brick-and-mortar teaching environment, when it comes to online and blended learning a mentor role takes on a new life.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 7, 2016
By Rob Pegoraro See how these two popular cloud-based office productivity packages compare. .
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 7, 2016
April 7, 2016 We received few requests from some of our readers here in EdTech and mLearning asking about a good Chromebook app to use for creating and editing music. Below is a.read more.
Ascend Math
APRIL 7, 2016
In past articles I’ve written “Interactive engagement, not entertainment, is at the core of a computer game’s ability to motivate. Finding ways to make math more interactive and more engaging is the key to making math software better as well.”. When students play a game they expect to face a struggle of some kind at which they may need to try multiple times before succeeding.
Gaggle Speaks
APRIL 7, 2016
Sure, the school year is approaching the finish line. As you do a retrospective of what we hope was a great year, it’s not too early to think about new ways to use technology when students return from summer break. How about flipping “Meet the Teacher Night”? Making a few changes to the way you’ve always conducted this time-honored school event can also give parents an example of what it means to flip a classroom.
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 7, 2016
April 7, 2016 Below are some very good iPad apps that students can use to design creative games. The apps provide intuitive platforms where students get to put their artistic and.read more.
EdTechTeacher
APRIL 7, 2016
This post first appeared on Daily Genius as “ 3 Powerful New Ways to Use Chromebooks ” When Chromebooks first entered into the 1:1 classroom environment, most people viewed the device to be strictly a portal to access Google Drive and the Google Apps for Education suite of tools. While there is immense power and potential to create collaborative working environments exclusively within Google Drive, Chromebooks have become so much more than just a gateway to Google Drive.
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 7, 2016
The post 9 Ground Rules For Great Principals appeared first on TeachThought.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 7, 2016
April 7, 2016 Visuals are powerful communicative tools to use in your instruction. Besides engaging the viewer’s attention, they can also help you communicate your ideas in an effectively.read more.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
Edutopia
APRIL 7, 2016
Photo credit: Kevin Jarrett via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Kevin Jarrett Maker Education In part nine of his year-long series, Kevin Jarrett details four culminating, integrative, real-world design projects that will conclude the first year of his middle-school makerspace.
eSchool News
APRIL 7, 2016
Annual survey outlines broadband, instructional materials, student data privacy as top among school IT leaders’ concerns. Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN. The fourth annual K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report , released during CoSN’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., also revealed that school IT leaders are spending more time and devoting more resources to student d
Edutopia
APRIL 7, 2016
Elena Aguilar Curriculum Planning An examination of social studies textbooks reveals large gaps in a commitment to equity. Teachers can begin to counter this by incorporating curriculum that is culturally responsive.
Adam Welcome
APRIL 7, 2016
It's been two years, which doesn’t seem like much time but in the world of education and technology - lots of change can happen. Four years ago when I was Principal @jseroadrunners we began a very calculated journey of bringing our entire school of 550 students 1:1. We accomplished that goal in two years, and also transitioned our teacher computers from ‘old school’ desktops to MacBook Airs plus an iPad for each teacher to use.
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eSchool News
APRIL 7, 2016
A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and wi-fi in school
ProfHacker
APRIL 7, 2016
It’s no secret that we love WordPress here at ProfHacker. It powers this blog, and many of us use it for our own personal, professional, and/or course sites. As with anything else digital, it’s important to back up your WordPress installation, and to check those backups regularly. We’ve also noted that, when making significant changes to your site, it’s good practice to work in a development environment, rather than on a live site.
MindShift
APRIL 7, 2016
After years of dealing with school bullying through traditional punishments, Carolyne Quintana, the principal of Bronxdale High School in New York City, introduced restorative justice approaches at her school because she wanted students to feel trusted and cared for. “It wasn’t just about bullying incidents, it was about the whole school culture,” she said.
MiddleWeb
APRIL 7, 2016
Both parents and teachers can benefit from reading Daniel Willingham's thorough exploration of the science of reading and comprehension, gaining insights into what works with different age groups, says middle school educator Michael DiClemente.
This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.
Marketplace K-12
APRIL 7, 2016
The Education Industry Association, which struggled to keep membership after a downturn in federal funding for tutoring, is joining a division of the Software & Information Industry Association, or ETIN, effective immediately, under an agreement announced today. The move adds about 50 percent more members to that division, the Education Technology Industry Network.
EmergingEdTech
APRIL 7, 2016
Many of Today’s Web Apps Work Fine for Tablet Users, so Why Not Review Them Too? With this edition of the Roundup, we are announcing that App Ed Review has started reviewing websites! We. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].
MiddleWeb
APRIL 7, 2016
In The Zen Teacher Dan Tricarico helps teachers move from a frazzled, overwhelmed existence as "the living dead" to focus on the moment, allowing us to free our creativity and be better educators. Stressed teacher Laura Von Staden found the book very helpful.
Comfortably 2.0
APRIL 7, 2016
Pic Collage is an app that never gets "stale" with students. There are so many ways to integrate and create with this simple, easy to use app. Recently, I taught some of our first graders how to use the scissor tool within Pic Collage.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
Fractus Learning
APRIL 7, 2016
Plastic model car kits are nothing new. Back in the days before iPads, games consoles and smartphones, kids spent hours gluing tiny pieces of plastic together to make replica cars, airplanes, ships, tanks, and anything else they fancied. It might have taken them hundreds of fiddly hours to create a scale model of a car, but by golly, they had fun doing it!
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
APRIL 7, 2016
Day 1 of Poem In Your Pocket Day is a wrap. Fourteen classes came to the library for 20-30 minute sessions of poetry reading. Each student had an opportunity to step up to our open microphone and read an original or favorite poem. It is truly amazing to see some students step out of their comfort zone to speak in front of their peers for a very short amount of time.
The Principal of Change
APRIL 7, 2016
I saw a tweet that made a remark that not all people are the same (agree), and that average people don’t know how to be “great” (disagree). I was kind of thrown off by this comment, although I know it is VERY easy to take a tweet out of context, especially when it is quoting someone else. That being said, I have seen this mentality far too often from leadership.
techlearning
APRIL 7, 2016
Simple timeline creation tool for a variety of purposes.
AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.
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